oppugn
pronunciation
How to pronounce oppugn in British English:
UK [ə'pju:n]
How to pronounce oppugn in American English:
US [ə'pjun]
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- Verb:
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
Word Origin
- oppugn (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin oppugnare "to fight against, attack, assail," from ob- "toward, against" (see ob-) + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious). Related: Oppugned; oppugning.
Example
- 1. Oppugn the notional card of golden dragon fish .
- 2. This paper aims to oppugn and criticize the above ideas .
- 3. Acceptance and oppugn : chinese modern fictions and the first person narration .
- 4. The financial disaster happened in 2007 arose people 's oppugn on the supervisory ways of the supervision and regulation departments of usa , europe and other developed countries .
- 5. Some scholars gave some examples appearing to be increasing marginal utility to oppugn it . They deemed that there are some exceptions to the law .